MMA: Tickets for UFC 157 go on sale on Dec. 21

History will be made when Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche become the first women to fight in the octagon for the UFC women's bantamweight championship at UFC 157 on Feb. 23 at Honda Center.

Tickets for the event go on sale on Dec. 21 at 10 a.m. and are priced at $350, $250, $150, $100, $75 and $50. Fans can purchase tickets at ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster retail locations and by phone at (800) 745-3000. Tickets will be available at the Honda Center Box Office beginning on Dec. 22.

Rousey, of Santa Monica, a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in Judo, is 6-0 with six first-round submissions via armbar since making her pro debut in 2011. Carmouche (7-2), of San Diego, is coming off a second-round submission over Kaitlin Young and a first-round TKO over Ashleigh Curry in Invicta Fighting Championships.

“Ronda is the real deal,” UFC president Dana White said. “She’s nasty. She’s mean. She’s like Chuck Liddell. She goes out there and tries to finish her opponents. And Carmouche is tough as nails, too. She was a Marine and she’s got great ground-and-pound. I look forward to having the women join the UFC.”

Former Pride and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson (29-8) of Temecula goes toe-to-toe with former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida (18-3) of Brazil and former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber (26-6) of Sacramento faces Canadian Ivan Menjivar (25-9) in the other featured bouts at UFC 157.

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